03 Mar 2018 11:07:04
Ed 1, what did you make of Keegan as a manager. I don't think he gets the credit he deserves for taking Newcastle as far as he did. I remember them coming to anfield with his promoted team and beating us easily. Andy Cole got a couple and Beardsley was mom.

{Ed001's Note - he wasn't a manager, he was a cheerleader. He would just let them do what they wanted.}


1.) 03 Mar 2018
03 Mar 2018 11:17:35
Do you think him or maybe Toshack would have been better for us than Souness though.

{Ed001's Note - Toshack yes, but no chance Keegan. Would have been a shambles at the end just the same, as was left when Keegan walked out as he always does.}


2.) 03 Mar 2018
03 Mar 2018 11:30:22
Nice description Ed ‘cheerleader not a manager’. I couldn’t help but like the guy, and his teams had many an exciting game, but as you say not for us. Seems like a decent guy too.

{Ed001's Note - very money oriented but yes, nice guy but we did not need a nice guy then.}


3.) 03 Mar 2018
03 Mar 2018 11:40:55
Toshack was a very good manager in my opinion. He is a huge part of why Xabi Alonso was as good as he was. Making him Real Sociedad captain at 20 years old was a huge call that did wonders for his confidence and development. Finishing 2nd in La Liga with Sociedad is a minor miracle.

{Ed001's Note - correct, he was a very good manager.}


4.) 03 Mar 2018
03 Mar 2018 14:40:04
On the Toshack discussion I remember him taking the Wales job the first time around on a part time basis, and I'm sure we got whacked by, not sure now, could have been Norway by about 5 goals. He called it a day and got stick for it, even though he was running Sociedad at the time too.
In the qualifiers group of Europe 2004, and when Wales led the group, Toshack was the only pundit who said we shouldn't get carried away with being top and said we needed to work harder. Wales missed out on qualification that year again. Some players came out to slag him off, the obvious one being Robbie Savage, saying that he would never play for Wales if Toshack became boss. Love and behold, Toshack became boss and savage began his creeping, and later, sniping of Toshack. Tosh seemed to be a manager who didn't give much notice if you were a top player, as long as you were a team player. He oversaw the changes in Welsh football, out with the old and blooded the youngsters, playing Bale as a left attacking midfielder / winGer before he played there for spurs, putting the foundations in place for Gary Speed and later Chris Coleman to build on. Having Roy Evans alongside him helped a lot too. You don't take a club like Swansea from 4th division to top of the 1st, and manage Real Madrid twice without being a decent manamer.


5.) 03 Mar 2018
03 Mar 2018 15:34:32
Kevin I will love it if we beat them Keegan. Hilarious. Could and should have won the premier league to be fair.


6.) 03 Mar 2018
03 Mar 2018 15:37:14
Souness deserves at least some credit for Fowler, mcmanaman and redknapp. He gave them their chance eh.


7.) 03 Mar 2018
03 Mar 2018 17:12:29
I can’t belive the amount of abuse Keegan takes on this page. What exactly did he do so wrong that people compelty ignore his excellent track record at the club! He ran down his contract and left the club! Anything else that we are missing. The Kop sometimes baffles me! They only appreciate players they like and ignore all others!


8.) 04 Mar 2018
04 Mar 2018 11:07:54
How and where has anyone run down Keegan? People had a go at his management, things he said and actual did but not him as a player or person. Just because he was a great player for us does not mean his downsides can't be discussed.


9.) 21 Nov 2018
21 Nov 2018 21:41:50
MK, small correction. Toshack was not in charge when La Real Sociedad finished second in the 2002/ 2003 season. It was the Frenchman Reynald Denoueix (Won Ligue 1 with Nantes in 2001) that led La Real Sociedad (with Alonso, Nihat Kavehci, Darko Kovacevic, Javier Oscar DePedro etc) to second in La Liga, narrowly losing out to the Galacticos of Real Madrid.